FAITH is the discovery of God who is a limitless reality. In space and time, He is never-ending, discovering Him is likewise an enduring, ongoing event. The discovery of God is the bedrock of true religion

as he said, “Observing nature is my religion.” If this is the feeling of one who is absorbed in God’s creation, how can one who is absorbed in the Creator Himself feel any different? Just as the scientist

centred on God, one will repeatedly come upon new and greater aspects of His glory. Different facets of His attributes will appear time and time again, bathed in eternal, divine light. Just as God’s attributes

essence of religion, which is, fear of God and genuine concern for other human beings. In the age of plastic, perhaps religiosity, too, has also become plastic! God will gather all human beings after

the sake of God. For their personal interests, innumerable people get together with others, setting aside their differences and complaints. But on the face of this world that belongs to God, there is no

join hands with others for the sake of God. Religion or deen is this: that a person attains to the truth that there is but one God of this entire universe. This one God has made all things. He will gather

of one who is admitted to paradise bringing before God “a sound heart” (26:89). There is a saying of the Prophet to much the same effect. “Whomsoever God wishes good for,” he said, “He instructs in religion

religion.” Looked at together, these statements show that God’s greatest blessing to a person is an open mind and a sound, receptive intellect that sees truth for what it is. Such a mind is free of complexes:

thrives by deriving nourishment from what it sees, feels and hears in the world around it. Signs of God are spread all over the universe. In some places it is rocks and inanimate matter that provide a pointer

not believe in God, and fails to acknowledge God’s power and perfection, then it is he himself and not anyone else who is to blame. Finally, the Discovery of God One who has found God has found everything

everything. After the discovery of God, no further discovery remains to be made. Thus, when a man has discovered God, his entire attention is focussed upon Him. God, for him, becomes a treasure which he cherishes

for all his worldly and eternal needs. God’s world is a collection of atoms. In its elemental form, it all consists of one and the same type of inert matter; but God has moulded this matter into countless

says in this regard: “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s” (Luke 20: 25). This is not simply a Christian formula of peace. Rather, it is a common

expressed the same principle in these words: “Render what is due to the rulers and ask for your dues from God” (Sahih al-Bukhari). Similar is the case with other religions. Hinduism preaches nishkam karma or selfless

countered with an ideology, not with guns. Religious ideology is based on the relationship between man and God. On the other hand, the ideology behind present terrorist movements is based on what can be called

loaded pistol to his head and pulling the trigger, but the gun failed to fire. Suddenly realizing that God had made him for a bigger task, he joined the East India Company’s Army, and gradually reached the

the Hadith tell us that if God prevents a task from happening the way you had planned it, it is a clue that He wants you to do something else. A Hadith report says that when God loves a people, He tests

involved in. God has not made you to make this world your goal and purpose and to get lost in it. He has created you to worship Him. So, instead of chasing the world, devote yourself to God-realization

THE WORD OF GODTHE Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book that brings glad tidings to mankind

Know that God is self-sufficient and praiseworthy. 2:267 Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and commands you to do foul deeds. But God promises His forgiveness and His bounty. God is bountiful

earnings in this world. One is to spend in ways shown by Satan; another is to spend in ways shown by God. What Satan does is to impress on the minds of human beings the importance of personal requirements

modesty. According to the Quran, God afflicts people with calamities and loss. But if a person endures with fortitude and remains patient, he receives divine guidance. God sends His blessings and mercy on

and at that time he says, “I belong to God and to God I will return,” and then he prays, “O God, reward me on my affliction and grant me better than that,” then God hears his prayers and sends His blessings

THE WORD OF GODTHE Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book that brings glad tidings to mankind

reckoning of time. God has not created all these without a purpose. He makes plain His revelations to men of understanding. 10: 5 In the alternation of night and day, and in all that God has created in the

the heavens and the earth, there are signs for a God-fearing people. 10: 6 The sun is at the most appropriate distance from our earth. That is why it has been a treasure-like source of light and heat for

THE QURAN says that on Judgement Day, when humankind is gathered before God, man will look upon his deeds. Those who denied God, and rebelled against Him, will behold the doom that awaits them. In anguish

you, Umar, and woe betide the one who gave birth to you, if God does not forgive you.” (Tabaqat lbn Saad) The only creditable submission of God is that which comes before He makes Himself manifest If

dare rebel against God when He appears before man? Everyone will submit to Him then. But the only creditable submission of God is that which comes before He makes Himself manifest. God wants us to bow to